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A17
TUESDAY,
JANUARY 12,
2016
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WASHINGTON---A top army general in the
United States is worried that a few Islamic
extremists in the Caribbean could carry out
terrorist acts in the region.
Commander of US Southern Command
(SOUTHCOM) General John Kelly said about
100 Islamic extremists left the Caribbean
region to join Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
(ISIS) fighters in the Middle East last year---
some of whom were killed---and the number
had risen to about 150 this year.
However, his worry is less about the impact
those Caribbean nationals have on the ISIS
fight overseas and more about what they can
do in their homelands.
"I am more concerned particularly now it
seems like the Islamic extremists and
terrorists have shifted a lot of their message,
and that is, 'hey, rather than come to Syria,
why don't you stay at home and do San
Bernardino, or do Boston, or do Fort Hood'," he
said, referring to incidents of terrorist attacks
in the US. The army general said the US was
therefore trying its best to help those
countries, like T&T and Jamaica.
"We work with them and give as much
information as we can," he said.
(Caribbean360)
US army general concerned about ISIS attacks in Caribbean
SYRIA---An aid convoy has
begun entering the besieged rebel-
held Syrian town of Madaya with
enough food to last 40,000 people
for a month, the UN says.
Residents have been trapped
there for six months by a govern-
ment blockade and have received
no aid since October.
The UN says it has received cred-
ible reports of people dying of star-
vation.
Simultaneously, aid lorries
entered two villages besieged by
rebel forces in the northern province
of Idlib under a deal between the
warring parties.
The situation in Foah and Kefraya
is also said to be extremely dire,
with an estimated 20,000 people
trapped there since March.
Some 20 lorries have now entered
and, with darkness falling, the aid
agencies will distribute food through
the night.
She says the delay was because
the lorries needed to synchronise
with those entering Foah and
Kefraya.
In total more than 60 lorries
operated by the UN, the Interna-
tional Committee of the Red Cross,
the Syrian Red Crescent and the
World Food Programme had left
the capital Damascus for Madaya,
Foah and Kefraya yesterday morn-
ing.
They were carrying basic food
items---including rice, vegetable oil,
flour, sugar and salt---as well as
water, infant formula, blankets,
medicines and surgical supplies.
Tens of thousands of suffering
Syrians will finally get aid but this
humanitarian mission was forged
by a cruel conflict. Aid for rebel-
held Madaya was contingent on
help for government-controlled
Foah and Kefraya.
Images of Madaya s emaciated
children sparked alarm in many
capitals and created greater impetus
but they also provoked a war of
words.
All parties to the conflict are
using siege warfare, encircling pop-
ulated areas, preventing civilians
from leaving and blocking human-
itarian access in an attempt to force
opponents to surrender. Shortages
of food, water, medicine, electricity
and fuel have led to malnutrition
and deaths among vulnerable
groups. (BBC)
MEXICO CITY---Mexico has begun
the process of extraditing drug lord
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the
United States after the famed fugi-
tive was recaptured following a dra-
matic, months-long hunt featuring
movie stars, sewer escapes and
bloody shootouts.
That process will probably take
"one year or longer," the head of Mex-
ico s extradition office, Manuel Meri-
no, told Radio Formula on Monday.
On Sunday, agents formally notified
Guzman that he was wanted in the
United States.
Guzman s defence now has three
days to present arguments against
extradition and 20 days to present
supporting evidence, beyond the
plethora of other appeals they have
already started filing.
Guzman s powerful Sinaloa cartel
smuggles multi-ton shipments of
cocaine and marijuana as well as
manufacturing and transporting
methamphetamines and heroin,
mostly to the US. (AP)
Aid convoy reaches
starving Syrian town LONDON---The Archbishop of
Canterbury says there s little he
can do if leaders of Anglican
churches in Africa choose to with-
draw from discussions on homo-
sexuality---a move that has prompt-
ed fears of a schism in the Anglican
Communion.
Justin Welby said that he hopes
he can achieve reconciliation among
dissenting factions during a meeting
this week of senior Anglican bish-
ops. But he says there s nothing that
he can do "if people decide to leave
the room."
But Welby cautioned yesterday
that "reconciliation doesn t always
mean agreement ... It means finding
ways of disagreeing well."
The issue of homosexuality has
divided the communion represent-
ing 85 million people in 165 coun-
tries since 2003, when the US Epis-
copal Church consecrated Canon
Gene Robinson, who is gay, to be
New Hampshire bishop. (AP)
PALMA DE MALLORCA---A
landmark fraud trial opened yes-
terday for Spain s Princess Cristi-
na, accused of helping bankroll
a lavish lifestyle with funds her
husband received from an alleged
scheme to embezzle millions
from public contracts for con-
ferences and sporting events.
Cristina and her husband, Inaki
Urdangarin, said nothing to dozens
of reporters as the couple entered
a makeshift courthouse amid tight
police security aimed at keeping
anti-monarchy protesters away.
The two then sat silently
among a group of 16 other defen-
dants as a judge read out the
charges for the historic trial,
which marks the first time that
a member of Spain s royal family
has faced criminal charges since
the monarchy was restored in
1975.
Urdangarin and other are
accused of embezzling up to 6.2
million euros (US$6.8 million)
from contracts which were inflat-
ed or never performed.
The 50-year-old Cristina faces
two counts of tax fraud, carrying
a maximum prison sentence of
eight years, for allegedly failing
to declare taxes on personal
expenses paid by a real estate
company she owned with Urdan-
garin, an Olympic handball medal-
ist turned businessman.
The trial is expected to last six
months. (AP)
Historic fraud trial starts for Spain princess
Mexico
begins
El Chapo
extradition
Archbishop of
Canterbury pushes
for reconciliation
People wait for the aid convoy at an entrance to Madaya yesterday.